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to enhance their operations. This came Batelco’s efforts will continue to support square meters and is equipped with a 2.7
as a result of the increased dependency the Kingdom's position as the region's Megawatt capacity of total energy that
on data and the need to effectively store leading hub in the ICT and data economy, services a total of 250 working cabins,
and manage its components. The Batelco contribute to the modernization and making it the largest data center of its kind
Data Center will ensure that institutions development of the Kingdom's technical in the Kingdom. The new Data Center is
within the Banking sector can depend on structure as well as support the banking in line with Batelco’s plans, following the
seamless business continuity, supported sector in line with the Kingdom's economic opening of its first Tier III Uptime Institute-
by the latest technologies, offered by vision for 2030." The Data Center, located certified Data Center at the beginning
Batelco.” On this occasion, Shaikh Abdulla in Hamala, is Batelco’s second Data Center, of 2019; a remarkable achievement that
commended the Governor’s visit to the with a Tier III certificate from the Uptime marked it as the first data center to obtain
Data Center, and thanked him for his Institute for data center construction and all the necessary design and construction
continuous support to the banking sector design. It covers a land area of 12,236 certificates in Bahrain.
and the role it plays in enhancing the
Kingdom of Bahrain’s economy, saying:
“We were honored by the presence of the
CBB Governor, Mr. Al Maraj, at Batelco’s
Data Center, which has been recently
established as part of the company's
efforts to provide world-class facilities
that support the accelerated development
of the Kingdom’s digital economy." “The
Batelco Data Center will play a significant
role in providing digital services to both
the public and private sectors and enable
organizations to stay ahead of the latest
digital developments, especially within
the data management and security fields.

Arrow Labs Deploys MIMS Technology Across BNET’s Field Operations
and Service Delivery

Arrow Labs, the technology company services to large enterprise customers. MIMS - which is used by clients such
uniting deskless, frontline workers, BNET has integrated Arrow Labs’ MIMS as G4S and DP World - increases staff
announces it has been chosen by BNET technology to automate its service productivity by 30%, business efficiency by
(Bahrain Network) - Bahrain’s national provision and manage its workforce more 40%, and reduces operating costs by 20%.
broadband network that connects efficiently. 11 MIMS modules including Rami Darwish, CEO and Founder of Arrow
the Kingdom through ultra-fast- ‘Task’, ‘Asset’, ‘Incident’, ‘Locations’ Labs, commented:
optic infrastructure – to manage field and ‘Allocation Management’ have been “We are delighted to partner with a visionary
operations and service delivery. Arrow deployed, running on the back-office web client such as BNET. By integrating our
Labs will deploy its core product, MIMS, portal and mobile app for BNET’s delivery MIMS technology, BNET will be even more
an enterprise SaaS software running on team. BNET aims to integrate all its key efficient in delivering next generation
state-of-the-art Amazon Web Services systems, including MIMS to provide a connectivity to its citizens and businesses.
(AWS) cloud, unifying frontline workers. seamless service delivery operation. This BNET will be core to delivering Bahrain’s
Accessed by mobile app, web, and includes Enterprise Resource Planning and Fifth National Telecommunications Plan
wearables - MIMS connects employees/ its Business Support Systems to achieve – and we look forward to playing a part
machines/facilities to deliver flawless full automation, from client request in that.” Salah Abdulraheem, Chief Digital
work-flow execution. Launched in October through to service activation. Some of the Platforms Officer at BNET said: “Our
2019, BNET is an independent wholesale added benefits will be: partnership with Arrow Labs is aimed at
broadband provider, and a key part of • Real time capacity-based management optimizing our productivity and efficiency
the Kingdom of Bahrain’s fifth National - optimized service bookings; levels as a company. This ultimately
Telecommunication Plan to develop and • Material reductions in incident response supports our efforts to achieve our goal of
enhance the telecommunication sector. time – e.g. a cut in fiber or exchange ensuring a resilient digital communication
BNET provides next-generation fiber outage; infrastructure in the Kingdom, while
broadband connectivity solutions to all • Accurate consumption tracking; and remaining focused on delivering an
licensed telecom operators and ISPs • Significant increases in critical exceptional customer experience with a
in Bahrain. It also provides broadband infrastructure availability reliable and consistent service.”

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